NBC`s workplace comedy The Office is reportedly coming back to TV with a new show, but the original program`s star, Steve Carell, thinks it won`t work. He told Esquire that `the climate`s different` today, and that the attitude, characteristics, and style of his character, Michael Scott, might not go over well today.`Apart from the fact that I just don`t think thatīs a good idea [to bring back The Office], it might be impossible to do that show today and have people accept it the way it was accepted ten years ago,` he said. `The climate`s different. I mean, the whole idea of that character, Michael Scott, so much of it was predicated on inappropriate behavior.`Michael Scott was written to be an idiot. Throughout the show, he makes numerous sexist and derogatory comments toward his co-workers. The show popularised the phrase `That`s what she said,` after all. Michael Scott being out-of-touch and kind of a jerk is the point, Carell said, but this attitude probably wouldn`t fly in 2018.`I mean, he`s certainly not a model boss,` Carell said of Scott. `A lot of what is depicted on that show is completely wrong-minded. That`s the point, you know? But I just don`t know how that would fly now. There`s a very high awareness of offensive things today--which is good, for sure. But at the same time, when you take a character like that too literally, it doesn`t really work.`The Office, which is a spinoff from the British show created by Ricky Gervais, ran for nine seasons from 2005-2013. NBC has said it is considering bringing back The Office, as well as The West Wing, but never Seinfeld.According to reports, the new version of The Office will feature a combination of returning cast members and newcomers. Carell and the character Michael Scott won`t be back, and instead there will be a new boss. Once again, it would take place at Dunder Mifflin`s office in Scranton, PA.
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